Kings Dominion photo book from 1981!

[pkdcoasterAll I want is a chainlift!]

There are very FEW things that have not changed at PKD in the last 25 years
Eiffel Tower, Dodgem, Wave Swinger, the fountains (although the border has changed DRAMATICALLY) Log flume and the Blue ridge tollway just about everything else looks completely different. Rebel yell is still there but looks very different and the old Q house was much better than what they have now
Just thought I would share these pics with you guys

JEFF

[LuxoThe Smiley Face Pizza]

Wow! Thanks for sharing...what rides occupied the volcano before it became the blast coaster?

[Erik JohnsonFormer captain of the Arrow bus.]

So that was what where your old avatar came from.

[gtaylorI know quite a lot about Donkeys!]

^^The Haunted River, The Time Shaft, and the AMAZING Smurf Mountain. I love Volcano, but I miss me some smurfs.

[cfcI've gone pantless!]

I remember riding the Haunted River when I first moved to Virginia (was going to finish a master's degree and leave, but "the best laid plans of mice and men . . ."). The best part was that rather steep drop at the end. I thought. Below is a rather dark picture I took last weekend after riding Volcano. I had never noticed these skeletons down in the pit by the exit--they look like leftover theming from the Haunted River.

I remember the fountains in the entry plaza looking a whole lot bigger in the movie Rollercoaster. And how about those singing mushrooms?

Thanks for sharing, Jeff--Rebel Yell's old queue house was pretty cool (as was that lake).

[pkdcoasterAll I want is a chainlift!]

Actually before it was SMURF mountain it was called "Journey to the land of the Dooz" then in 1983 I believe the transformed the animatronics into the Smurfs

JEFF

[pkdcoasterAll I want is a chainlift!]

Speaking of Rollercoaster! the movie..here are some screenshots from 1975

JEFF

[YoshiFanWhy do I still have a donkey title???]

Great pictures, I think I would have enjoyed the park more if it had all the rides it had in those photos compared to what is there now. I didn't know they used to have those Old Engine 99 trains. It seems like they are gone except for the ones at the Great Escape.

Rebel Yell's old queue house looks better than what they have now (I hate how it takes forever to walk through the current queue that seems way too long for the short lines it gets)

[SlackingI wrote the book about donkeys!]

Wow, awesome pictures, thanks for posting them.

I totally forgot about the Time Shaft! I loved the Haunted River though. When I visited PKD my one and only time (I think it was the year Hurler opened, 95, maybe?) I rode and enjoyed both of those rides. The Smurf ride was already closed by then though.

Wow, its been over 10 years since I visited PKD, I should try and hit it again this summer.

[jamesdillamanFlight of James: Ride of Steel the Revenge]

^ That's funny, that's the same year I visited my one and only time, and we (My girlfriend and I) just went there last weekend. I recommend going back, a lot has changed in 10 years!
-James